Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB216: Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning labor and employment; establishing the Kansas paid sick time act; requiring earned paid sick time to be compensated at the same hourly rate and benefits as normally earned; detailing the accrual of earned paid sick time, with different limits based on the size of the employer; allowing carryover of up to 80 hours of unused paid sick time or payment for unused time at year-end; requiring employers to provide employees with written notice regarding earned paid sick time; mandating that earned paid sick time be available for various healthrelated and safety-related reasons…
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
AN ACT concerning labor and employment; establishing the Kansas paid sick time act; requiring earned paid sick time to be compensated at the same hourly rate and benefits as normally earned; detailing the accrual of earned paid sick time, with different limits based on the size of the employer; allowing carryover of up to 80 hours of unused paid sick time or payment for unused time at year-end; requiring employers to provide employees with written notice regarding earned paid sick time; mandating that earned paid sick time be available for various healthrelated and safety-related reasons; prohibiting employers from requiring employees to find replacement workers when using paid sick time; allowing employers to require reasonable documentation for earned paid sick time used for three or more consecutive days; making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act; granting employees the right to bring civil action for violations; ensuring confidentiality of health and safety information; affirming that the act does not apply to employees under a collective bargaining agreement until such agreement's expiration; affirming that the act provides minimum requirements and does not preempt greater benefits than provided by this act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) Sections 1 through 15, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may …